Memphis breaks ground on $34 million mental health crisis center
Gov. Bill Lee listens as Laurie Powell, (right) CEO of Alliance Healthcare Services speaks during a ground breaking ceremony for the Alliance Healthcare Services on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Dignitaries including Gov. Bill Lee were present as Alliance Healthcare Services celebrated a facility being built in Binghampton that will cover behavioral health, addiction, and walk-in help for children and families.
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Alliance Healthcare Services Laurie Powell Gov. Bill Lee Mark BillingsleyAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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